How to remove myself from a shared folder (added when group was invited)
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Hi There, My box homescreen has become cluttered over the years with shared folders that I was added to over the years. I beleive I was added to these folders as part of group "Whole Company". Is there a way to remove myself from these folders without removing everyone?
Thank you
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I'm interested in an answer to this as well. Access/Ownership rights to more than a couple folders have become confused due to inadvertent administration errors. I recently became owner of a folder that's beyond my scope of work and would like to simply re-assign ownership to someone else. An administrator inadvertently moved the folder inside one I co-own, and I thought I'd be helpful and move it back to All Files. That move wiped out all prior access rights. My far less preferred work-around would be to have that someone else create a new folder, copy sub-folders and files to the new folder, then delete the one I became owner of.
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As far as I can see I cannot remove myself from a group short of requesting to be removed by the person that made the group. I also cannot move the folder associated with the group as I am not the owner. I was going to at least consolidate these shared group folders into one folder to declutter my screen, but that too is not an option, yet! Please at least let me move the shared folders.
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And to change ownership (if you are currently the owner), follow Prairie Girl's instructions (first two bullets), then
- scroll to the name of the person you'd like to make owner & click the "..." following their name
- Select "Owner"
- You'll get a "are you sure" warning...and if you are, click "Okay"
--Kurt Baker
Penn State University
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wrote:You can remove yourself from the shared folder.
- Highlight the folder you want to be removed from
- "Sharing" and "Details" appear to the right of my folders. Choose "Sharing"
- Scroll down to your name & click on the " . . ." that follows your name.
- Select "Remove"
Works only when you are added as an individual. If you are part of a group and the group was added, you cannot excuse yourself from that folder. The group needs to be removed by the owner. -
Hi Kim,
Welcome to the Box Community, I'm happy to help!
Removing yourself as a collaborator on a shared content will not trigger a notification to anyone that is also collaborating in that content. You will no longer have access to the item and will no longer be able to see it on your Box account should you decide to proceed.
To learn more, please take a look at this article: https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044196273-Managing-Collaborators#removecollab
Thanks for reaching out and let us know how else we can help!
Regards,
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